James Grant, 4th of Ballindalloch (1720–1806) was a British Army officer who served as a major general during the American War of Independence. He served...

Lyall Grant (1915–2020), British Army major general James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720) (died 1806), British Army major general in the American...

(British Army officer, born 1720) (1720–1806), British general in Revolutionary War James Grant (navigator) (1772–1833), British naval officer, Australian...

Grant (British Army officer) (1848–1919), Governor of Malta from 1907 to 1909 James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720) (1720–1806), Governor of East...

general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other...

with a combined British and South Carolina force commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720). Grant's force destroyed...

generals in the British Army since the Acts of Union 1707. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the...

Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, but he was twice compelled to resign. He was twice the Senior Officer of the U.S. Army, appointed...

Andrew Lewis (October 9, 1720 – September 26, 1781) was an Irish-born American surveyor, military officer and politician. Born in County Donegal, he moved...

Lieutenant-General Sir James Campbell, KB (c. 1680 – 11 May 1745) was a Scottish military officer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons...

last day in the post. Army officers occupying the post of Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of all the British Armed Forces, were usually...

September 1720 – 1 August 1796) was a British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War. Robert Pigot was born in London, England in 1720. His two...

expenditure above 50 thalers (between 12 and 13 British pounds), and the appointment of all army officers, all ministers, and even government officials...

majority of the officers in the army. James died aged 67 of a brain haemorrhage on 16 September 1701 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. James's heart was placed...

This article is a summary of the major literary events and publications of 1720. September–October – The "South Sea Bubble", i.e. the collapse of the South...

died out in the male line on the death of General Thomas III Erle (1650–1720) without male progeny. His daughter and sole heiress Frances Erle (d.1728)...

Baronet, British Army general (d. 1860) Robert Emmet, Irish rebel (d. 1803) Florestano Pepe, Italian general (d. 1851) March 6 Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl...

Small (died 1796), British Army officer and Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey Dr John Small (1823–1879), British Deputy Surgeon General James Dunlop Smith (1858–1921)...

lease over the 45 acres of Pall Mall (St James's) Field held by Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, to 1720 and soon afterwards the earl began to lay...

339, New York. Sir Richard Armstrong (c. 1782–1854), British Army officer. Commander of the British forces in Canada West from 1842 to 1848. Edward F. Arn...

John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852–1925), English army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force during World War I Bridge Frodsham...

Whitmore (British Army officer), British general (b. 1714) July 30 – Thomas Gray, English writer (b. 1716) September 13 – John Gambold, British bishop (b...

Lieutenant-General Thomas Howard (1684 – 31 March 1753) was an officer of the British Army and the ancestor of the family of the present Earls of Effingham...

Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart...

Colonel Alexander John Montgomery (1720 – 29 September 1800) was an Irish politician. He was born in 1720, the eldest son of Thomas Montgomery, M.P. for...

also argued that through the expansion of the British Empire and British mercantile influence, Britain would be able to "increase commerce at home" through...

to receive a heavenly one.": 63  — James Gardiner, British Army officer (21 September 1745), to a Jacobite officer after being mortally wounded at the...

a soldier in the Prussian army. James Barry (c. 1792–1795 – 1865) was a military surgeon in the British Army who was born female and named Margaret Ann...

Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, British noble (d. 1823) October 21 – Archibald Campbell, British Army officer (d. 1838) October 23 Adam Otto von Bistram...

the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in...